You learn a lot simply by doing your job well, and coordinating with your team to share knowledge and develop your skills. However, this doesn’t always help with career progression.
Receiving the proper qualifications from training courses ensures your skills are up to date, but also sets you up for later opportunities. If you’re keen to broaden your horizons, or ensure that you and your team are providing the best care possible, our Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management for Adult Care is one of the best courses for you.
The Leadership & Management for Adult Care training we provide is a great opportunity to increase your knowledge and understanding of advanced health and social care practice or management skills specific to adult care, at the same time as increasing your earnings and career opportunities.
Leadership is one of the most important skills for health and social care professionals, but it is something that can’t always be learned on the job. If you’re responsible for people, quality, compliance, and outcomes, this qualification supports you to develop real-world leadership and management competence, grounded in workplace practice and assessed through evidence you generate in your role.
You’ll develop skills in:
As with all our courses, this diploma follows the OFQUAL RQF qualification framework, which helps with recognition, and shows potential employers your skill level and competency at a glance.
This qualification may be eligible for funded support for eligible employers/providers. If you’re unsure, contact us and we’ll talk you through your options.
Level: 5 (RQF)
Qualification number: 610/1880/6
Credits: 95
Guided Learning Hours (GLH): 607
Total Qualification Time (TQT): 950
Assessment method: Portfolio of evidence (Pass/Fail)
Geographical coverage: England
Learners minimum age: 19+
This Level 5 Diploma is designed for people who lead, manage, or aspire to manage a service; helping you build the practical skills and knowledge to run safe, effective, values-led care while strengthening your professional credibility.
In adult social care, these roles may include:
There are some entry requirements for this particular course. You’ll need access to an appropriate workplace and role so you can meet the knowledge and competence requirements. There are no formal prerequisites, but it is advised you have Level 2 literacy/numeracy (or equivalent) and can demonstrate prior achievement at Level 3 or 4.
If you aren’t currently in a leadership role, this isn’t the right course for you, and instead we recommend our Level 5 Extended Diploma in Health & Social Care (RQF) instead.
Like the majority of our advanced health and social care training courses, this diploma contains mandatory units, but you can also choose optional units that suit your specific role and current responsibilities.
To achieve the full diploma, learners must earn a minimum of 95 credits. 80 of these come from mandatory units, and the rest from supplemental.
The mandatory units in question are:
All of our courses are taught by professionals in their field, people who will understand your exact role and preferences so they can tailor the training to suit you. If you aren’t sure of the best optional units, they’ll help with some recommendations.
These optional units are:
Many advanced training courses are too generic. They provide useful information, but lack the personalisation that benefits individual learners. Based on your role we can adapt the way you learn, and you have full control over the process as well.
Although this is an assessment based course, you’ll still receive support throughout. Your qualified assessor will help you to plan your evidence and build a strong portfolio.
You’ll have access to this support via 1:1 video calls, phone calls, and email. Feedback will be provided on a regular basis via progress reviews and more informal pointers if the assessor thinks you’re off track. They will also discuss how best to use this diploma for career progression, a rare bonus from a training course of this nature.
This is a competence-based qualification assessed through a portfolio of evidence that demonstrates your knowledge and leadership in practice. This evidence will be assessed and internally quality assured, with external quality support in place as part of quality assurance arrangements.
The evidence you provide can include:
By collecting this evidence and presenting it, you show more competency within your role. Assessment of yourself and your team is crucial for leadership, so we ensure that you learn how best to apply it.
Upon completion of our Level 5 Diploma in Leadership & Management for Adult Care course, you’ll have access to further Level 5 study in related areas. As we said, there is always more to learn, and if career progression is your goal, more qualifications open up more opportunities.
If you’re ready to progress into senior leadership in adult social care, this course is perfect for you. As it can be tailored to your role, you’ll develop more leadership skills while providing better care, and will gain valuable skills that you can use in your career.
If you aren’t sure if this specific course is right for you, or if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us. We look forward to hearing from you.
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